Trying-Out: An Anatomy of Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1885 - Rilegato

Schokkenbroek, Joost C. A.

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ISBN 10: 9052602832 ISBN 13: 9789052602837

Casa editrice: Aksant Academic Pub, 2008

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Until the present day, whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century have hardly received attention in Dutch maritime historiography. During the two preceding centuries whaling had developed into a prominent maritime industry. Various major external and internal problems, however, contributed to its rapid decline during the second half of the eighteenth century. After the Napoleonic Era (1795-1815), increasing numbers of Dutch entrepreneurs resumed whaling, both in the Arctic and in the South Seas. This book, based on extensive research into unexplored archival sources and secondary literature, fills many of the gaps in our understanding of how whaling and sealing were organized in the Netherlands.

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This study describes and analyses a wide array of initiatives leading to the hunt, by Dutch whalemen, of whales and seals in Arctic waters, the temperate zones of the South Pacific and the waters of the Dutch East Indies during the major part of the nineteenth century (1815-1885) - an era neglected so far.

In his pioneering book the author, Curator at the National Maritime Museum Amsterdam, focuses on the men involved in the two maritime industries - be it on shore or aboard the whaleship, as entrepreneur and whaleshipowner, Inn keeper, public notary, client for whale and seal products or, of course, whaleman and seal hunter.

Research conducted in many divers and hitherto relatively uncharted archives brings to the fore the organisation and scope of financial involvement from the national government. Dutch socio-economic and maritime developments in whaling and sealing are compared with international developments in these fields.

Peeling layer after layer Schokkenbroek reveals the back bones of the two maritime industries. As such, 'Trying-out' is what it stands for - an anatomy of whaling and sealing in the nineteenth century.

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• Editore: Aksant Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9052602832
• ISBN 13: 9789052602837
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 366